pro·claim

[proh-kleym, pruh-]
verb (used with object)
1.
to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
2.
to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.
3.
to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
4.
to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.
5.
to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
6.
to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
7.
to denounce or prohibit publicly.
verb (used without object)
8.
to make a proclamation.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin prōclāmāre to cry out. See pro-1, claim

pro·claim·er, noun
re·pro·claim, verb (used with object)
self-pro·claimed, adjective
self-pro·claim·ing, adjective
un·pro·claimed, adjective


1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.
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proclaim (prəˈkleɪm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (may take a clause as object) to announce publicly
2.  (may take a clause as object) to show or indicate plainly
3.  to praise or extol
 
[C14: from Latin prōclāmāre to shout aloud]
 
pro'claimer
 
n
 
proclamation
 
n
 
proclamatory
 
adj

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proclaim
c.1400, from L. proclamare "cry or call out," from pro- "forth" + clamare "to cry out" (see claim). Proclamation "that which is proclaimed" is recorded from 1415.
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Example sentences
The world does not operate in as uniform a way as you proclaim it does.
The only criteria required is that they publicly proclaim to support the less fortunate, nameless, faceless downtrodden among us.
Those who do not acknowledge the interaction of the spirit in there life proclaim it's false existence.
They commonly proclaim that their work needs more national flavor.
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